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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A creek of southwest South Dakota. Some 300 Lakota were massacred here by US troops on December 29, 1890. In 1973 a standoff between Indian activists and US law officers resulted in deaths on both sides.
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May 11: "Wounded Knee" - In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances.
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In fact, some of the individuals behind this charade call Feb. 27, 1973 the day that Wounded Knee was liberated.
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Rob, Wounded Knee was just one of the morre recent incidences in a long sttring of incidents that has lasted over 500 years, not 130 years.
Iraq and Wounded Knee-- Over 130 Years of US Criminal Behavior and Erosion of Democracy 2007
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Rob, Wounded Knee was just one of the morre recent incidences in a long sttring of incidents that has lasted over 500 years, not 130 years.
Iraq and Wounded Knee-- Over 130 Years of US Criminal Behavior and Erosion of Democracy 2007
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The Occupied Territories, of course, were (are) reservations inside a colony/settler-state, like Wounded Knee, Lubicon Lake, Kahnesetake or (until recently) Kwazulu-Natal.
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The Occupied Territories, of course, were (are) reservations inside a colony/settler-state, like Wounded Knee, Lubicon Lake, Kahnesetake or (until recently) Kwazulu-Natal.
Where's the sympathy for Palestinians forced out of THEIR homes? 2005
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Apology issued after Colorado guard turned away from Wounded Knee
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Apology issued after Colorado guard turned away from Wounded Knee
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About 200 armed American Indian Movement leaders and supporters had taken over the town of Wounded Knee, S.D. It's the same site where over 200 Laktoa Sioux were killed in a battle with American Cavalry 83 years earlier, in 1890.
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Wounded Knee - In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances.
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